Dan Balz of the Washington Post recently spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School and went over some basic numbers about the electorate. None of it was good news for Democrats.

Balz outlined how Trump managed to almost flip the two parties in terms of how they appeal to voters. He pointed out that Trump had won certain groups that haven’t gone to Republicans in years.

He also noted that Democrats have not even begun to figure out what they are going to do about it. People in attendance were obviously taking all of this very seriously. You could hear a pin drop.

Partial transcript via RedState:

Donald Trump has won 25 states in the past three elections.

In those 25 states, the Republicans have 22 governors, 24 state legislatures, and all 50 senators.

The Democrats have a problem winning in enough places to be able to really be a majority party, and particularly to have consistent hopes of winning the Senate.

Two other things, we know that the college/non-college split in the country is, in many ways, the basic fault line now.

About 40 percent, maybe slightly less of the voting-age population has college degrees. Kamala Harris got about 55 or 56 percent of that vote. The rest of the population, without college degrees, Trump got 56 percent of that vote. That is a problem that the Democrats haven’t solved and need to solve.

Balz also pointed out how Trump won in households with income below $50K, which usually would be the bastion of the Democrats — the first time that had happened “since the 90s.” Trump also won with the next bracket up — the $50k to just under $100k. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris won with over $100K.

“These are the structural problems the Democrats have got to solve,” Balz said. “There’s gotta be some hard thinking.”

Here’s the video:

Democrats are concerned that they cannot win in enough states to maintain a viable electoral future:
Dan Balz: “Donald Trump has won 25 states in the past three elections in those 25 states.
The Republicans have 22 governors, 24 state legislatures, and all 50 senators.
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— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) February 26, 2025

Did you catch the looks on the faces of the people in the audience? They sure don’t seem happy.